With two well received albums to their credit (2010’s Stones & Sticks and 2012’s Hand Me Downs) and a resume littered with countless national supports (including The Black Seeds and Kora) as well as local billing with Cody Chesnutt, Charles Bradley and Melbourne Ska Orchestra, Cheap Fakes are preparing themselves for the spring release of their third LP, Modern Vintage.

Grown in the boroughs of Brisbane, time has most definitely seasoned Chocolate Strings into an out-and-out sensory feast. As a motley orchestra of 8 they possess the pulse of afrobeat with a score built on soul, funk and ragga-fied melodies. Made by music lovers for music lovers.